Revenue bonds for alternative energy facilities
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The Legislature may provide for the issuance of revenue bonds to finance the acquisition, construction, and installation of facilities utilizing cogeneration technology, solar power, biomass, or any other alternative source the Legislature may deem appropriate, including the acquisition of all technological facilities necessary or convenient for the use of alternative sources, and for the lease or sale of such facilities to persons, associations, or corporations, other than municipal corporations; provided, that such revenue bonds shall not be secured by the taxing power of the State; and provided, further, that the Legislature may, by resolution adopted by both houses, prohibit or limit any proposed issuance of such revenue bonds. No provision of this Constitution, including, but not limited to, Sections 1, 2, and 6, of this article, shall be construed as a limitation upon the authority granted to the Legislature pursuant to this section. Nothing contained herein shall authorize any public agency to operate any industrial or commercial enterprise.
History: Sec. 14.5 added June 3, 1980, by Prop. 8. Res.Ch. 1, 1980.
Simplified explanation
The Legislature may provide for revenue bonds to finance cogeneration, solar, biomass or other alternative energy facilities and their lease or sale. The bonds may not be secured by the State's taxing power, and both houses may block or limit an issue.